[CA] Paris Climate Agreement

• The “Paris Climate Agreement” has come into force on Nov 04, 2016.
• India ratified the Paris Agreement on Oct 02, 2016, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and the Agreement has the support of majority of the countries.
• Till date, 94 Parties have ratified it, of the 197 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
• The Paris Agreement’s central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
• The Paris Agreement requires all Parties to put forward their best efforts through “nationally determined contributions” (NDCs) and to strengthen these efforts in the years ahead. This includes requirements that all Parties report regularly on their emissions and on their implementation efforts.